Hi Marco and Ed,.. Thanks for the update. If this "is" IGS 1B , then it is quite interesting. I have been going through the timings from my video capture , and can confirm those given last night. I can also confirm that the flare happened with the sat to the SW , at an elevation of about 40-45 degrees. I'm now in no doubt this was IGS1B To set up focus on the telescope , I spent some time before looking at Jupiter....and in fact took a couple of frames just for reference at 1/50th sec .I didnt bother adjusting brightness/colour settings etc as all I was interested in was getting a sharp focus for the ISS pass.(Updated image http://mysite.freeserve.com/satcom_transits/Unid.jpg with Jupiter disk ) Looking at the disk of Jupiter I now think the E-W FOV was more like 2.5 arc minutes. Also , because I was using a Barlow lense it is difficult to decide if there is any shape to the satellite as magnification was 700-800 times , which is well above the theoretical useable max of the LX90 . However I would like to think that there is a triangular like structure under the glare. Of course we have no idea what IGS birds look like , so that presents a bit of a problem. I wonder , has anyone else on the lists managed to image IGS at all ....apart from the time lapse exposures ? Regards, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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